Cherry Ghost Covering Doves
Old school but very cool all the same. Whilst we wait for some new doves material, do check out new Cherry Ghost at their myspace page for new tunes. Beneath This Burning Shoreline is particularly good.
Walgreens Approve!
Who said doves haven’t quite made it in the US? It doesn’t get much better than walking into your local Walgreens (US version of Boots) and hearing Winter Hill being played over the store radio! It gets better.. Catch The Sun was playing in Sunset Foods Highland Park Illinois a few weeks back. It doesn’t get more exciting than that eh?
A band who’s music you probably wont hear at your local Walgreens is King Kong Ding Dong. Exactly! They are giving away their latest album at their website for free. Check out the first track Jample, stunning stuff. Though the vocals sound sorta familar.. The Cedar Room? Great album though.
A Sunny Day!
Last night whilst scanning the blog for broken links etc I noticed on the Live Traffic Feed that’s on the bottom right hand corner, somebody in Iraq was visiting the blog! That’s pretty damn cool! Whoever you are.. whether your a resident, member of the military whatever – nice seeing you!
Don’t have a great deal to share right now, though the word is news from doves camp is imminent!
Currently enjoying the latest compilation from Caught By The River.. this time its Birdsongs which features an exclusive track from the British Sea Power. If you didn’t get the compilation this time. Make you sure you sign up to the blog for the next one.
I’m also enjoying the music of A Sunny Day In Glasgow, well worth checking out. They play across the US & Eurupe over the next few months.
Charity Auction
If you fancy owning the handwritten lyrics of Kingdom Of Rust as pictured above, then head over to the Cancer Research ebay auction to put your bid in. So far its at £62 with five days left in the auction. Good luck!
Jetstream Acoustic Download
Its a year to the day tomorrow that doves posted up the free preview from Kingdom Of Rust, with the opening track Jetstream. A year on, another free track up for download and again its Jetstream, this time the acoustic version. Head over to the heavenly recordings website to get the free download. You need to sign up, the download is in the members area. It sounds great!
Not a whole lot going on..
As you probably guessed, not a great deal going on in doves world. I have been enjoying the Delphic record. Great news for those of us at the wrong side of the pond, Delphic have been anounced to play Coachella so here’s hoping for a few more shows stateside.
Doves are mentioned in today’s Guardian write up on Delphic and other new Manchester based bands. Hope to catch Delphic (doves would be nice too….) at this year’s Lollapalooza festival here in Chicago.
Cherry Ghost have also put up some new tunes in unmixed form up on the myspace page. Black Fang sounded great live last year, could be a single I reckon?
I see Hooky is opening up a new club in Manchester. FAC251 opens up next month. I wonder what the chances of a doves gig there? Spaceface opener! Would make allot of sense with the history and all. But just pure speculation on my part!!
Brit Award Nomination!
Pigs may fly and all that… but yes doves have been nominated for the best British group award at the Brit Awards. Up against Friendly Fires, JLS, Kasabian & Muse. Cheers Teps for the heads up over at the board. I’m sure nobody will admit to liking the awards, I certainly don’t but the recognition would be nice eh?
I believe this is doves first Brit nomination! Edit: Correcting myself here. They were nominated for the same award back in 2003.
Kingdom of Rust: A Celebrity’s Thoughts
Not quite sure how to describe this, but apparently its some “celebrity” discussing Kingdom Of Rust with a blogger I think, kinda funny in places..
Blokes Singing About Bloke Hood
Cody: The fact that they are blokes and sing about their bloke hood is a major plus for me. On the other hand, to my mind their sound is suitable for stadiums or at least hockey rinks…It’s BIG.
Fluxy: “Blokes that sing about their bloke hood” Ha! But their sound is definitely BIG. And great with images. Every time I turned on the TV, this album is being used on shows. I hear songs on football shows, teenage dramas, documentaries about Iraq. The latest was on a TV dance contest, after a bitterly disappointed 40 year-old woman was booted off the show. They played a track from first album ‘Lost Souls’. Apt.
Cody: I get it, though. Even though the lyrics are very personal, the music builds to anthemic. It is very produced (not meant as negative).
Fluxy: I was told by a guitarist friend that Jez Williams, the lead guitarist, is considered by many to be the top dog in Britain at the moment. “Top dog” meaning best guitarist, as opposed to best shagger….
Cody: Yes, he does have a multiplicity of riffage.
To read the full thing, click here.
Suffolk Forest Gig For June
Doves are to play Thetford Forest in Suffolk as part of the forestry commission’s gig series on June 12th. Tickets priced £28 go on sale this Friday at 9am.
From NME.com:
Doves have announced that they will play a gig in Thetford Forest in Suffolk on June 12.The show will be part of the Forestry Commission’s forthcoming gig series. James Morrison, Keane and Simply Red have already been announced as set to play gigs in UK forests later this year as part of the whole event.
Tickets for Doves’ show go on sale at 9am (GMT) on Friday (January 15). To check the availability of Doves tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/TICKETS now, or call 0871 230 1094.
Kingdom Of Rust Poll
Those of you who have followed the blog since last April may recall I set up a poll to find out your favourite track from Kingdom Of Rust. The poll ended January 1st..
With 730 unique votes, the winner is the title track Kingdom Of Rust by four votes! Closely followed by 10.03 & The Greatest Denier which were seperated by one vote. You can see the results in full below.
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Jetstream
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87 (11%)
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Kingdom Of Rust
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140 (19%)
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The Outsiders
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41 (5%)
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Winter Hill
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115 (15%)
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10.03
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136 (18%)
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The Greatest Denier
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135 (18%)
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Birds Flew Backwards
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17 (2%)
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Spellbound
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59 (8%)
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Compulsion
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100 (13%)
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House Of Mirrors
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42 (5%)
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Lifelines
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43 (5%)
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Votes 730
The new poll once again on the right menu asks what is your favourite doves album. The poll will once again run til the end of the year.
A reminder, if you have not voted in the Your Favourite Doves Songs poll, then please do so. The poll will stay open indefinitely, but I shall post results as they stand once the best of album is released. So far over 1000 of you have voted! Thanks so much.
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